Sele-loosehing horse and cattle tie



J. 1. ESHLEMAN.

Horse and Cattle Tie.

Patented March 30, 1858.

UNITED STATES PAENT OFFICE.

J. J. ESHLEMAN, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

SELF-LOOSENING HORSE AND CATTLE TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 19,761, dated March 30, 1858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J J. ESHLEMAN, of Lancaster city, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Safety-Hitch 0r .Self- Loosening Horse and Cattle Tie; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which v Figure 1 is a view as attached to the trough; Fig. 2, an inside View of casing and bolt complete; Fig. 3, a perspective view of casing; Fig. 4, a top section of bolt 0,- Fig. 5, a lower perspective section of bolt; Fig. 6, a nut or bur.

Letter A, represents the outside casing; B, the bolt; C, the key, or lower section of bolt; D, the upper section; E, the nut or bur; F, the spiral spring; Gr, the guard; H, the scarf-joint; I, the hitching ring; 0, the shoulder on upper section of bolt; and L, the scarf-joint in the act of loosening.

To enable others to make anduse my invention I will describe its construction and operation.

The casing A, is a wooden or metallic concave with flanges in which are screw holes for the insertion of screws to secure it to the trough as by Fig. 3. Near the center of the casing and concave is the cast in or otherwise stationary guard G, through which is admitted the upper section D, or Fig. 4, of the bolt as far as the shoulder O. The bolt B, being of wood or metal consists of two parts as represented by Figs. 4 and 5 detached, and fit together when in place or working operation, by the scarf-joint H, as in Fig. 2. Around the upper part as in the same figure is the spiral spring F, which rests on the guard G, and is held in place by the concave and nut or bur E, which screws on the top of section D, or Fig. 4 of the bolt, as by Fig. 2 also. In the lower section of the bolt or Fig. 5, is the ring Ias by Figs. 1 and 2, to which the halter with the horse is attached or fastened, where he is perfectly secured unless by accident or otherwise his leg is thrown over the halter (see Fig. 7).

NVhen thespring F, yielding to the weight or downward pressure of the leg, the bolt lowers until the scarf joint has entirely escaped the concave or casing A when the lower section G, of the bolt is instantly detached (see letter L), freeing the animal, the spiral spring F, flying back with the top section D, of the bolt to its original position.

I claim 1. The bolt B,-in two sections, connected by the sliding scarf-joint H, for the purpose of instantly loosening the horse, as herein set forth.

2. I also claim the devices of the bolt B, spiral spring F, and easing A, all in combination operating together substantially in manner and for the purposes set forth.

J. J. ESHLEMAN.

Witnesses G. E. HAYES, WM. B. LEONARD. 

